USPTO Patents Application 10722856

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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Application of: Ashwin Anil Gumaste et al.

Serial No.: 10/722,856

Filing Date: November 26, 2003

Title: Optical Ring Network with Optical Subnets and Method

Commissioner For Patents
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Willie Jiles

Date: April 20, 2004

INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Under 37 C.F.R. §§ 1.56, .97, and .98, Applicants respectfully request that the
references listed in the attached PTO-1449 form be considered and cited in the examination
of the Application. The present Application was filed after June 30, 2003. Therefore, under
the July 11, 2003, waiver of 37 C.F.R. § 1.98(a)(2)(i) by the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office, copies of U.S. Patents and U.S. Patent Application Publications listed in the attached
PTO-1449 form are not enclosed. Copies of all other references are enclosed for the
convenience of the Examiner.

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Information Disclosure Citation
^\ £aB*HApplication

Application No.
10/722,856

Applicant(s)

Ashwin A. Gumaste, et al.

Docket Number
064731.0375

Group Art Unit
Unknown

Filing Date
November 26, 2003

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^Ig^^NT NO.

DATE

NAME

CLASS

SUBCLASS

FILING DATE

A

5,771,112

06/23/1998

Hamel et al.

359

128

06/17/1996

B

5,778,118

07/07/1998

Sridhar

385

24

12/03/1996

C

D

E

F

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

DOCUMENT NO.

DATE

COUNTRY

CLASS

SUBCLASS

TRANSLATION

YES

NO

G

WO 99/65164

23/16/1999

PCT

H04B

10/213

X

H

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NON-PATENT DOCUMENTS

DOCUMENT (Including Author, Title, Source, and Pertinent Pages)

DATE

J

Kinoshita et al., "Flexible Twin Open Ring Metro WDM Network," OECC, pp. 713-14

October 2003

K

Tian et al., "OUPSR Protected Flexible Metro WDM Network," ECOC, pp. 826-27

2003

L

Boskovic et al., "Broadcast and Select OADM Nodes Application and Performance Trade-offs,"
OFC,pp. 158-59

2002

M

Kinoshita et al. "Flexible Metro WDM Network with Photonic Domains", Fujitsu Laboratories of
America, Inc., 3 pages

February 24-26,
2004

N

Suzuki et al., "Prototype of 12.5GHz-Spaced Tapped-Type OADM for DWDM Metro Ring
Networks," ECOC-IOOC Proceedings - Vol. 4, pp. 902-903

September 21-25,
2003

O

Wolde, J., et al., "Optical Ethernet Metro Access Network Protype: Implementation and Results,"
ECOC-IOOC 2003, 3 pages

September 21-25,
2003

EXAMINER

DATE CONSIDERED

EXAMINER: Initial if citation considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP § 609. Draw line through citation if not in conformance and not
considered. Include copy of this form with next communication to the applicant.

U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

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